intendant

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Noun

intendant (plural intendants)

1. (UK) Administrator of an opera house or theater.
2. (dated) One who has the charge, direction, or management of some public business; a superintendent.

   an intendant of finance

3. A governor in various specific contexts, including certain South American countries, and historically in the kingdoms of Spain, Portugal, and France, and in imperial China.

Synonyms

• (governor) governor; see also circuit intendant (Chinese)

Adjective

intendant

1. (obsolete) Attentive.

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